70 officers welcome son of fallen cop on his first day back at school

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – It’s been almost two weeks sinceTerre Haute officer Rob Pittswas shot and killed in the line of duty. The community has shown his family an outpouring of support, and it continued on Monday when Pitts’ 5-year-old son Dakota returned to school,WTHIreports.

Dakota asked his mom if one of his dad’s friends could drive him to school in his dad’s police car for his first day back.

When he arrived at his school in Sullivan he was greeted by 70 Terre Haute police officers and Vigo County sheriff’s deputies.

Dakota asked his mom if one of his dad’s friends could drive him to school for his first day back. Little did he know that would turn into 70 Terre Haute and Vigo County officers showing up in Sullivan. He was shocked 💙pic.twitter.com/lbXquLdTJU